If the word SNOW ends with a ‘W’, shouldn’t PHOTO… end with a ‘W’? 🙂
Here’s a phew photows from our phirst snow in 2006…
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SNOW!!! (And a few other things…)
Well, we finally have some snow. I’ll put some photos up here later. Probably four inches of the fluffy, lake effect white stuff. Love it!!!
Had a great concert last night again. Just a fun evening in general. Lots of friends came out for the event. Made some passersby dance and smile as they were walking by. A few more stopped to sing along for a while. Then we got to have dinner at the food court (a highlight for Jen & the kids) with lots of friends (a highlight for me). Our kids got their photo taken with Santa, which has become an annual tradition (this is the sixth straight year!), and we made a stop at the Apple Store!
We also got to see another friend who just last night started working at a store in the mall, that happened to be RIGHT where we were singing 🙂 That was fun.
Shwoo! I was tired this morning though. It’s been a rough week. Tons going on in the web work world (www?) and then a concert every night?!? Goodness. When we were doing music full time, and we had weeks like this, I was smart enough to know I needed to rest in the day time to be able to make it. Unfortunately, as things are right now, I do not have that luxury. So, my body just made me take it this morning and I slept until 10! I woke up at 8:30, but felt horrible, so I tried to catch a little more sleep, and I did! 🙂
Tonight we have another annual event with a church in the next town over. A dinner, and then a concert. The dinner is always great. We enjoy spending the evening with those folks. Looking forward to it.
Tomorrow wraps up the craziness with two concerts in one day. One at a nearby Christian bookstore, and the other at an even nearer by senior living center (nursing home). All the kids will join us at the latter event. They are usually a big hit there! 🙂
Alright… time to get back to work! Photos of our first real snow in 2006 coming soon…
Arepas!
For anyone out there reading this who has had arepas before (a very cool little Venezuelan/South American treat) I have found Arepa mix in our local grocery stores!!! (Used to have to order it online…) Now you can go to Wegmans and pick up a bag of Goya’s Masarepa for just a couple bucks and have yourself some merry little arepas!
The Wegmans guy said they’re in every Wegmans… so… have at em!
(In case you don’t know what I’m talking about… click here.)
Six Miles Of Fun
After realizing that life has been going a bit too fast for the Campbells recently, we decided to make sure last weekend was left completely open and free. Me being somewhat subdued by a head cold did help that a bit, but we really did a good job of having nothing scheduled for the entire weekend.
So after sleeping in a bit on Saturday morning, I thought it might be a good day to try something we’d been wanting to do for a long time. We live right near the Erie Canal, and regularly walk to a park about one mile from our house on a path that goes right beside parts of the canal. We call it the waterfall park because there is a man-made waterfall there that is fun and different. And it’s just a fun place to go spend some time playing.
Well, just beyond the waterfall, the trail continues down route 31, right along the canal, toward the next town over, Macedon. Just under 2 miles from the Waterfall Park is our nearest McDonald’s eatery. So, we thought it would be a really fun day to head out one day, via the Waterfall Park all the way to the McDonald’s… about a 3-mile trip one way. Obivously with tiny kids, that takes a looong time… so we just never did make it happen.
Until Saturday.
We left with the notion of just going as far as we could. I didn’t tell Jen my idea because with her it’s sometimes easier to take little steps than to say let’s go walk six miles!! 🙂 I was right. There was a bit of hesitation since (dumb Dad) I forgot the diaper bag with a bottle for the baby. Oops! Well, no worries… we’d figure something out. Julia would be fine.
We had a BLAST! At the very beginning of the trail, there was a guide telling us little facts and history behind the Erie Canal and local plant life and animal life. That was cool. Then, we tosssed the football along the way to the boys as the path widened here and there. We looked at all sorts of different plants and trees… there was some good fall color along the way. We sang songs, we each took a turn saying what we like best about our family… We just had a BLAST!
There are benches along the way, so sometimes we would stop for a quick break. When the path opened up to a BIG grass field… we took a break and played some football. We tossed pebbles in the canal. We met several friendly people (most of them with dogs) along the path. It was GREAT!!!
We splurged at McDonald’s and had a great lunch. Julia got to try their fruit and yogurt cup. She loved it!! All was very well. We were refueled for the trip home.
So, we left somewhere between 10:30 and 11:00am… and didn’t get back home till somewhere around 4pm!!! We were definitely all tired… but it was one of the most fun days we Campbells have had. Can’t wait to do it again!
The Penguin Game
Remember this game? I posted a link on the blog here a long time ago. I also posted my high score in the comments. I rediscovered the game tonight and could not get more than 323.3! Give it a try if you dare. I think this game is the most addictive video game I have ever played. I sat down to take a few swings and played for 20 minutes!
Enjoy 🙂
The Penguin Game